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Headlines for November 13, 2009

ARMENIAN SEISMOLOGISTS RECORDED EARTHQUAKE AT 3.5 MAGNITUDE IN IRAN
Yesterday, at 20:36 local time on the territory of Iran, in 19-km north-west of Hoy, an earthquake with 3.5. points magnitude was recorded. As the National Service of Seismic Protection of Armenia told ...
AAA WELCOMES JOHN MACCAIN’S SUPPORT OF ARMENIA’S APPROACH TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
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In a letter sent today, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) thanked Senator John McCain for affirming the historical truth regarding the Armenian Genocide and for his support of a new chapter ...
UKRAINIAN JOURNALISTS ANNOUNCED KOCHARI AS AZERI DANCE
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Ignorance of some Ukrainian TV journalists is just striking, Analitika.at.ua information center says. Reportages about Turkey to the accompaniment of Armenian duduk became a habit. However, ignorant ...
DENO GOLD MINING DOESN’T JEOPARDIZE LIFE OF SYUNIK MARZ RESIDENTS, COURT SAYS
Syunik marz regular court dropped the suit against Deno Gold Mining. Judge Anahit Tumanyan said the case papers do not prove that the enterprise’s activities represent a menace for the health of people, ...
HATIS START EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CUP WITH DEFEAT
Armenia’s Hatis basketball club was defeated 105:54 by Greece’s Panathinaikos in their pioneer match of the European Basketball Cup. Thus, the Armenian club bottoms the Group F chart with no points. ...
RA PRESIDENT ATTENDS ARMPRODEXPO
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended Friday the 9th Armprodexpo exhibition held with participation of 65 companies from 15 countries, including Ukraine, Syria and Austria. Such events help establish ...
ARMENIAN ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN SEMINAR ON TRADE FRAMES WITH EU
Armenian European Policy and Legal Advice Center (AEPLAC) jointly with the RA Ministry of Economy organized a seminar for Armenian entrepreneurs to acquaint them with the possible changes in trade regulations ...
VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN APPLIES TO GEORGIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Vahagn Chakhalyan has applied to Georgian Constitutional Court, with a claim to recognize unconstitutional the recent legislative change prohibiting foreign defense lawyers’ activity in Georgia, “Yerkir” ...
LEVON ARONIAN DOESN’T SUCCEED AT MIKHAIL TAL MEMORIAL 2009
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian made a draw with Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in the 7th round of Mikhail Tal Memorial 2009. Presently, Aronian shares the 5-6th positions with Norway’s Magnus Karlsen. ...
AGREEMENT ON OPENING ARMENIAN-BELARUSIAN TRADE HOUSE SIGNED IN YEREVAN
On November 10, 2009, Agreement on Opening Armenian-Belarusian Trade House was signed in Yerevan, Valentina Tsybulskaya, Head of Marketing and Foreign Economic Activity Department of Vitebsk Alcoholic ...
ARFD PREPARING RESPONSE TO TER-PETROSYAN’S STATEMENT
ARF Dashnaktsutyun is preparing to respond to the recent statement made by first President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, ARFD parliamentary group head Artsvik Minasyan said. “In his speech, Ter-Petrosyan ...
TURKEY’S POLICY SITUATION-DEPENDENT
Turkey’s policy has always been situation-dependent, according to Eduard Abrahamyan, the leader of National Neoconservative Movement. “After confrontation with the U.S. over Iraq, Ankara moved closer ...
PAINTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER SAMVEL SEVADA'S 60TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELEBRATED BY EXHIBITION
Painter and photographer Semvel Sevada is this year becoming 60. On the occasion of this jubilee anniversary, Artists' Union of Armenia and HayArt cultural centre of Yerevan Municipality will hold an ...
EDUARD ABRAHAMYAN: OSCE MG FORMAT CHANGE UNREAL
Baku’s dream to see Turkey as Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group is unrealizable, according to Eduard Abrahamyan, the leader of National Neoconservative Movement. “Change of the OSCE MG format depends ...
RA 2010 NATIONAL BUDGET NOT EFFICIENT
The 2010 national budget of the Republic of Armenia is not efficient. It’s just a program allowing to maintain the country’s existence, said Artsvik Minasyan, head of ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary ...
MONOPOLIES IMPEDE THE ARMENIAN ECONOMY TO COPE WITH THE CRISIS
The economic downturn of the Armenian economy will continue in 2010, Artsvik Minasyan, member of the ARF faction told a press conference in Yerevan. According to him, the reduction of private transfers ...
ARMENIA, ISRAEL LACK OBJECTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OTHER
Armenia and Israel lack objective information about each other, according to Alexander Tsinker, director of East European States & CIS. Institute, member of the Knesset in 1999-2003. “Armenia and Israel ...
ARMENIA’S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY TO HOST AN EVENT TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF "DISCOVER ARMENIA" MAGAZINE
English-language magazine "Discover Armenia" will be presented November 14 in RA ministry of economy. The magazine is published by the “Discover our country" NGO jointly with the ministry of economy, ...
ANKARA USES ETHNO-POLITICAL FACTOR IN CAUCASUS
Turkey has serious experience in influencing internal political processes of different states, and Armenia will be no exception, Chair of National Neo-conservative movement Edward Abrahamyan said. Caucasus, ...
ARMENIA TO HOLD YOUTH BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP NOV. 27
Armenian Youth Boxing Championship will be held in Yerevan on November 27. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from chief coach of the Armenian youth team Fedya Aleksanyan, some 100-120 boxers ...
ASSOCIATE AGREEMENT - GOOD PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPING ARMENIA-EU RELATIONS
On November 13, Secretary of National Security Council (NSC) Arthur Baghdasaryan received Netherlands’ Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative on Eastern Partnership Onno Hannting and Netherlands’ Ambassador ...
ERDOGAN TO ADDRESS PARLIAMENT ON NATIONAL MINORITIES
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will address the Grand National Assembly on Friday to present the government’s democratic principles. According to Sabah newspaper, Erdogan will dwell on normalization ...
ARMENIA’S POLICY TOWARDS JAVAHK – BASED ON COMITY
A key issue demanding Armenian authorities’ rapid and effective response is Javahk problem. However, Armenia’s policy in that regard remains on the level of comity. Such approach may cause Armenians to ...
PAINTINGS BY MINAS AVETISYAN TO BE EXHIBITED IN ITALY IN 2010
“It took me a long time to prepare for my visit to Armenia, and I consider it crucial. I spent my childhood in Venice and saw St. Lazare Island which symbolizes Armenian culture worldwide. Then I moved ...
HANS-JOCHEN SCHMIDT: PROCESS OF NORMALIZING RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND TURKEY REQUIRES PATIENCE AND CREATIVE THINKING
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"The process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey requires patience and some creative thought," Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt told a press conference on November ...
NORMALIZATION OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS CONFLICTS WITH AZERBAIJAN’S INTERESTS
, according to Basar Komur, president of the Congress of Azerbaijanis of Europe. “Turkish-Armenian reconciliation will have negative impact on resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” he said. ...
GERMANY INTERESTED IN EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA IN VARIOUS SPHERES
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan on November 13 received the newly appointed Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt, the press service of the government reports. Congratulating ...
SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN EXTENDED FOR 1 MORE YEAR
United States has extended the terms of document envisaging sanctions against Iran. The reason is that U.S.-Iran relations are not yet back to normal course, White House press service reports. U.S. imposed ...
SWEDISH INFORMATION PORTAL PUTS ONLINE MATERIALS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Armenica, the information portal of the Armenian community of Sweden is working on digitalizing archive materials found in the Swedish National and War Archives about the Armenian Genocide. The first ...
BAKO SAHAKYAN CONVOKES CONSULTATION ON HAYASTAN ALL ARMENIAN FUND’S ANNUAL TELETHON
President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked Friday a consultation on the Hayastan All Armenian fund’s annual telethon, which will take place in U.S. Noting that this year the telethon ...
TURKS THREATEN TARAF DAILY COLUMNIST FOR HUMANISTIC ADAPTATION OF ATATURK’S “ADDRESS TO TURKISH YOUTH”
The Turkish Taraf Daily’s columnist, Sevan Nishanyan, who wrote a humanistic adaptation of Ataturk’s “Address to Turkish Youth,” a patriotic speech calling on young people to protect their country at ...
RA, NKR DELEGATIONS PARTICIPATE IN WORLD TRAVEL MARKET
Delegations from Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh took part in the World Travel Market tourism exhibition held in UK from November 9 to 12. Armenian Ambassador to UK Vahe Gabrielyan attended the pavilions ...
"DAYS OF ARMENIAN FILM" HELD IN ROMANIA
Days of Armenian film passed from November 9 to 11 in Romania in the House of Urban Culture Cluj-Napoca. The event was organized by the embassy of Armenia in Romania with assistance of House of Urban ...
BRUSSELS TO HOST EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum will gather in Brussels on November 16-17 under the auspices of the European Commission, the EU Presidency and the European Economic and Social Committee. ...
YOUNG ARMENIAN CHESS PLAYERS SCORED 9 VICTORIES ON FIRST DAY OF WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP
Young Armenian chess players scored 9 victories on first day of the World Youth Championship going on in Kemer, Turkey. Armenia is represented by 24 chess players. In all, 1375 chess players from 87 countries ...
ZARUHI POSTANJYAN AGAIN ACCUSES THE POLICE OF POWER ABUSE
November 13 the MP from the Heritage parliamentary faction Zaruhi Postanjyan issued a statement addressed to the Chief of Police of Armenia Alik Sargsyan, Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan and Ombudsman ...
KARINE KAZINYAN: IT IS NECESSARY TO SIMPLIFY VISA REGIME BETWEEN ARMENIA AND EU MEMBER STATES
Deputy FM Karine Kazinyan received November 13 Netherlands’ Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative on Eastern Partnership Onno Hannting and Netherlands’ Ambassador to Armenia Yan Langenberg (residence: ...
ANKARA READY TO STORE IRAN’S ENRICHED URANIUM
Turkey is ready to take part in implementation of International Atomic Energy Agency’s plan aimed at storing Iran’s enriched uranium on its territory, said Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz. “MAGATE ...
19 MORE ISSUES INCLUDED IN PARLIAMENT’S AGENDA
On November 13, Armenia’s National Assembly convened a working discussion presided over by Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan. MPs discussed draft decision on amending the agenda of upcoming four-day session due ...
“HERITAGE” INTRODUCED TO PARLIAMENT 56 PROPOSALS ON 2010 BUDGET
On November 12, “Heritage” party submitted to Parliament’s staff 56 proposals concerning draft law “On RA State Budget”. Party disapproves the bill which does not envisage an anti-crisis policy. 2010 ...
ALL UN PROJECTS AIMED AT SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
UN Resident Coordinator Consuelo Vidal is finishing her tenure in Armenia after more than four years of successful coordination of UN agencies’ work, Funds and Programs in Armenia, in accordance with ...